Can you imagine what it would be like to improve everything you do that you care about? You'd become amazing. It sounds too good to be true, but with the right mindset...
How to silence your worst critic even if it’s *gasp* yourself
Maybe you’ve been there. Nobody else sees it. But you do.
You know the quality of the work you just turned in to...
Become Who You Mean to Be with Self-Growth
Have you ever felt under-appreciated? Or doubted your ability? Maybe you just find things in yourself lacking or substandard. These feelings are not at all uncommon, and yet they hold us back from...
The best students actually love it when they fail
The best students know that they learn the most from failing. They don't try to fail, and they don't love failure. But they love the learning opportunity that comes from failure. Don't get me ...
How to Overcome 10 Common Barriers to College Success
Over 35 million Americans have some college and no degree. That's an alarming statistic when you consider the time, money, and debt invested by them with little to show for it. You might be one of...
Wasting your time studying? How to and How not to Study.
Many posts and articles in the last few years have broken my heart. They give counter-productive techniques to studying that not only waste your time, but set you up for frustration and...
Foster Civility. A High School Student Teaches: THINK Before Speaking.
How much of the rhetoric we hear in the media is bitter and mean? A local high school student describes a solution to help students, and the rest of us, learn the art of civility, in part by using...
How to Help Learners Succeed in an Uncertain Future, Part 3: Transferable-Competency Framework
The learners of today will face continuously evolving futures of challenge. Will you be up to it? In part 1 of this 3 part series, we discussed employment-focused, transferable-competency...
Are You Engaged in What You Do? How to Level-up on the 5P Engagement Scale
Asking yourself, am I fully engaged? can help you decide how to best spend your precious time. To make the most of your opportunities, use the 5P Engagement Scale to assess your engagement level...
How to Help Learners Succeed in an Uncertain Future, Part 2: Personal Growth
I planned originally to make this post the final in a two-part sequence on preparing college learners with transferable-skills to succeed in their next fifty years of an uncertain employment...